Publishers Find Success In A Small Island Paper
Henry Beetle Hough and Betty built the Vineyard Gazette from a tiny weekly to a global readership of about 6 500. The paper emphasizes local democracy, town meetings, and lenient coverage of courts, even as serious crime is rare on Martha's Vineyard.
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Hal Boyle
Martha’s Vineyard
Mass
Henry Beetle Hough
Betty
America
Columbia University
Henry
Vineyard Gazette
Gazette
Tokyo
Trinidad
Hough
William Allen White
New England
India
The
Tripoli
Saily
Briget Ality
Garon
Tobacco Festival crowns Southeast Tobacco Queen contenders
The eight annual Tobacco Festival in Moultrie Ga celebrates the record flue cured crop with a beauty contest. Eighteen contestants from Georgia Alabama and Florida compete for Miss Southeast Tobacco Queen with Martha Ann Meadows last holding the title. Congressman J L Pilcher will crown the queens.
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Moultrie
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
J. L. Pilcher
Meig
Martha Ann Meadows
Columbus Ga
Footwear advice to prevent foot pain and injury
Dr. W. W. Bauer urges sensible shoe choice to protect the feet. He notes high heels are unsuitable for daily wear, favors English walking shoes or Cuban heels for balance, and warns against tight or ill fitting shoes. He advises reserving high heels for dances and parties and maintaining well repaired, comfortable shoes for work.
Tito Walks Tight Rope Between West and Russia
Tito, leader of Yugoslavia, navigates relations with both the West and the Soviet bloc. Once expelled from the Communist camp after 1948, he has since balanced aid from the United States and rapprochement with Russia, seeking to gain more leverage by courting both sides.
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Washington W
Marshal Tito
Europe
Yugoslavia
Russia
Tito
Stalin
Thangman
United States
West
Bulganin
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Skies Are Clear Over U S Today
The Associated Press reports clear skies across most of the country with pleasant summer weather likely nationwide. Rain was limited to small coastal areas from the Carolinas to Florida and sections of Minnesota and the Southwest desert region. The heaviest falls were about two inches in Alma Georgia and near one inch in Apalachicola Florida and Elizabeth North Carolina.
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Associated Press
Carolina Coast
Minnesota
Southwest Desert
Alma
Apalachicola
Fla
Elizabeth
N.C
London to New York and back in 13 hours
Pilot John Hackett and navigator Peter Moneypenny completed a round trip of 6,914 miles between London and New York in 13 hours 46 minutes 56.2 seconds in a Canberra bomber. They flew a photo reconnaissance version for a civilian airline and praised the successful flight.
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London
New York
John Hackett
Peter Moneypenny
Royal Air Force
Northern Ireland
Newfoundland
Two New Members Attend Austinville HD Club Meeting
Austinville Home Demonstration Club hosts August meeting with two new members Mrs Clifford Pressnell and Mrs Troy Quick. Officers led, programs highlighted by food preservation lesson and a craft project, raffles added funds, and fair entries coordinated for September 12. New York and California are cited for foreign students in the U S.
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Austinville
Arthur Owen
Lawrence Pressnell
Clifford Pressnell
Troy Quick
Lonnie McCulloch
Kyle Martin
W. A. Thompson
Coleman Lott
Kraft Mayonnaise
Treasury
Louis Ryan
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W. W. Bauer
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American Medical Association
By James Marlow
Associated Press News
U.S
Lere
Gro
Ome
HERTZ
Decatur Transit
N. Y
California
Hogan’s Gulf Service Station
Service
Moulten St
Decatur
Buick
Lone Beaty
Terdigne
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